Psalms 85

¹A Prayer of David himself. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear me. For I am needy and poor.

²Preserve my soul, for I am holy. My God, bring salvation to your servant who hopes in you.

³O Lord, be merciful to me, for I have cried out to you all day long.

⁴Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.

⁵For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.

⁶Pay attention, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication.

⁷In the day of my tribulation, I cried out to you, because you heeded me.

⁸There is no one like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is no one like you in your works.

⁹All the nations, which you have made, will draw near and adore in your presence, O Lord. And they will glorify your name.

¹⁰For you are great, and you perform wonders. You alone are God.

¹¹Lead me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth. May my heart rejoice, so that it will fear your name.

¹²I will confess to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart. And I will glorify your name in eternity.

¹³For your mercy toward me is great, and you have rescued my soul from the lower part of Hell.

¹⁴O God, the iniquitous have risen up against me, and the synagogue of the powerful have sought my soul, and they have not placed you in their sight.

¹⁵And you, Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, being patient and full of mercy and truthful.

¹⁶Look down upon me and have mercy on me. Grant your authority to your servant, and bring salvation to the son of your handmaid.

¹⁷Make me a sign of what is good, so that those who hate me, may look and be confounded. For you, O Lord, have helped me and consoled me.

¹A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

²Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

³Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

⁴Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

⁵For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

⁶Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

⁷I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

⁸There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

⁹All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

¹⁰For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

¹¹Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

¹³For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

¹⁴O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

¹⁵And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

¹⁶O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

¹⁷Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.